PonyOfWar

Yeah, that’s what I had in mind as well. Of course there would be no voting with vetos over a nuclear strike. It would be an immediate response to a nuclear launch towards our territory, nothing else. There shouldn’t ever be an option for a first strike in my opinion.

No. If anything, EU nukes could be something to consider. But I don’t see why Germany specifically should have them. That might lead to calls for every other European country to get them too and that could just as easily be a security risk as an advantage, with single countries possibly “going rogue”, like Hungary. In the hands of the EU they should be fairly safe.

China is a supporter of China. They’ll readily drop Russia in a heartbeat if the advantages outweigh the advantages of supporting them (cheap oil and gas). I don’t think they ideologically care about supporting Russia. Historically, the relations between them were never very good.

It’s insane, but the US might be more aligned with Russia now than China is. I’ve been thinking for the last few months that China is really in a position to gain quite a lot of soft power and geopolitical clout if they present themselves as a sane alternative to the US in the Ukraine negotiations. But Europe should be very careful, as China will only have its own interest in mind.

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